Spider-Man 3 Villains: Sandman & Venom 412
datemenatalie writes "As posted on ComingSoon.net, "Kirsten Dunst confirmed rumors to Zap2it that Thomas Haden Church will play Sandman and Topher Grace is Venom in director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3." As written, ""We have really great people though as the villains in this film, Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace -- Venom and Sandman," said Dunst, who plays Mary Jane Watson in the Spidey films. "Maybe I wasn't supposed to say that," she added before reversing her claim. "It's the other way around. You're right," she conceded to a journalist." Spider-Man 3 is set for release on May 4, 2007."
Bad news (Score:5, Insightful)
Geez.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Seriously, I can see Topher being absolutely evil in the role of Venom, with just enough humor to be scary.
I never understood what Sandman's story was...anyone care to enlighten me?
Mary Jane Watson (Score:5, Insightful)
It should say: Dunst who plays Kirsten Dunst in every film that she has ever done.
She's perky but that's not acting.
Re:Geez.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Venom = Eddie Brock = Psycho ex journalist, built like a linebacker, competition-level power-lifter.
Venom wasn't just some evil version of spiderman, he was better than spiderman - stronger, faster, able to beat his spidey-sense.
Worst. Casting. Ever.
And with that... (Score:4, Insightful)
Stuffing 2 or 3 villians in with no time to develop the characters, especially the Venom character is the dumbest idea ever. Didn't they watch the Batman movies after the first one?
Any guy can play Venom... (Score:2, Insightful)
In the comics, Venom is composed of an alien symbiotic suit and the person, Eddie Brock. The Venom persona does look very muscular, but I think the alien symbiote would have a great part in giving Venom his menacing form.
My theory is that in the movie, Topher Grace will get "beefed-up" by the alien symbiotic suit.
Re:Old & incomplete news. (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Bad news (Score:5, Insightful)
You think casting is a problem (Score:5, Insightful)
Comment removed (Score:2, Insightful)
Kirsten Dunst (Score:5, Insightful)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2004-07
Re:Bad news (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually, I think the orgnial point is a specific case of a general rule: A movie can have no more than two-three main characters, before it starts to suck. This is in essence based on the fact that it takes some screen time to devlop a character, and there is only so much time in a movie. So, any time you have more than two or three main characters you end up underdeveloping one or all of them. If you underdevelop one, they are no longer a main character. If you underdevelop all, your movie just became trash.
Re:Topher Who? All I care about is Campbell. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:"2-3 main characters, before it starts to suck" (Score:4, Insightful)